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2024 Winners Announcement with Percival Everett

Join us when author Percival Everett visits to discuss his latest novel, James, followed by an announcement of the 89th Anisfield-Wolf Book Award winners.

Everett will discuss his latest novel, James, a brilliant, action-packed reimagining of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn told from the enslaved character Jim’s point of view.

This presentation will be part of a conversation with Gillian Johns, Associate Professor of English at Oberlin College and Conservatory.

Everett won the 2022 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for The Trees, a metaphysical commentary on lynching, racism and police brutality – a mystery tied to the 1955 lynching of Emmett Till. “This is a wickedly clever novel of ideas in the guise of genre fiction, a combination of mystery, thriller, police procedural and absurdist comedy,” said Anisfield-Wolf Juror Joyce Carol Oates.

Registration for this event is FREE. VIP tickets are also available for purchase.

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